Goal: For more children to be taught life-saving skills in schools
Funding: Through charitable donation
Contact: Sally-Anne Nelson, St John Ambulance schools developmentofficer, 01483 450 000, sally.nelson@surrey.sja.org.uk
"Please Miss, I have a toothache and I need a wee." Learning about firstaid is a laughing matter for one class of six-year-olds, who call outthe chant in unison before collapsing into giggles.
The children, at an infant school in Surrey, are learning how to putsomeone in the recovery position - first lifting their hand in to the"please Miss" position, then taking their other hand across the chin,the "toothache position". Then they bend the knee farthest away fromthem - as if they want a wee - before rolling them over on to theirside.
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